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Fruity Gordo posted:Thinking I'm great automatically makes someone decent FYI. Are you saying....... you'd have a beer with him? Amethyst posted:All of the labor voters I know are in constant sincere apology mode. All of the Labor voters I know are in constant smug "the Greens will never get anything done" mode.
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A good rusted on labor mate of mine who works for doug Cameron is in severe denial and very very angry that I'm a member of the greens. Last time we had a political discussion he straight up and left the party we were at because he got so angry at me calling him out.
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Jul 3, 2014 13:08
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Jonah Galtberg posted:Are you saying....... you'd have a beer with him? gently caress yeah, especially if he's buying.
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Jul 3, 2014 13:09
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What did you call him out for, particularly?
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Jul 3, 2014 13:11
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Shadeoses posted:What did you call him out for, particularly? Concentration camps and him calling the ALP a workers party.
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Jul 3, 2014 13:12
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Jonah Galtberg posted:All of the Labor voters I know are in constant smug "the Greens will never get anything done" mode.
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Jul 3, 2014 13:13
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Fruity Gordo posted:Concentration camps and him calling the ALP a workers party. Spike his drink with arsenic.
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Jul 3, 2014 13:13
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"pfft dumb greens children think they can play politics with the big boys without jettisoning every single one of their values in the pursuit of votes from people who breath through their mouths"
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Jul 3, 2014 13:15
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Jonah Galtberg posted:All of the Labor voters I know are in constant smug "the Greens will never get anything done" mode. 
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Jul 3, 2014 13:16
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He's a bloody lovely guy but he's one of the 'reform the party from the inside' people. He acknowledges that the policies are poo poo but thinks that I'm a complete turncoat from the labour movement because I'm a Green because THE ONLY WORKERS PARTY IS THE LABOR PARTY AND IF ALL THE LEFTISTS WHO JOINED THE GREENS JOINED LABOR THEN WE COULD REMAKE THE COUNTRYIN THE GLORIOUS IMAGE OF LENIN. Poor idiot.
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Jul 3, 2014 13:17
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Jul 3, 2014 13:18
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Young Labor Left are essentially the reason why Mao wrote 'Combat Liberalism'.
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Jul 3, 2014 13:20
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Fruity Gordo posted:He's a bloody lovely guy but he's one of the 'reform the party from the inside' people. He acknowledges that the policies are poo poo but thinks that I'm a complete turncoat from the labour movement because I'm a Green because THE ONLY WORKERS PARTY IS THE LABOR PARTY AND IF ALL THE LEFTISTS WHO JOINED THE GREENS JOINED LABOR THEN WE COULD REMAKE THE COUNTRYIN THE GLORIOUS IMAGE OF LENIN. Poor idiot. He knows that preferential voting is a thing that exists right?
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Jul 3, 2014 13:23
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He also knows he's dead wrong, ineffectual and complicit in the promotion of human rights abusers but it hasn't stopped him yet.
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Jul 3, 2014 13:24
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Jul 3, 2014 13:24
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Fruity Gordo posted:He also knows he's dead wrong, ineffectual and complicit in the promotion of human rights abusers but it hasn't stopped him yet. but you'd...... have a beer with him though
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Jul 3, 2014 13:29
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I've been looking for this since forever. I'm glad someone saved it. Also, it needs to be in every OP from now on.
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Jul 3, 2014 13:31
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Nuclear Spy posted:In other news, this email response from Liberal MP Andrew Laming is doing the rounds online:
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Jul 3, 2014 13:34
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My favourite part is the spellcheck underlining Laming's grammar fuckup in silent disapproval
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Jul 3, 2014 13:36
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Pandemic Diagram posted:I've been looking for this since forever. I'm glad someone saved it. You Am I posted:Holy poo poo Laming's email signature. That would force any Android owner over to an iPhone
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Jul 3, 2014 13:38
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Jonah Galtberg posted:but you'd...... have a beer with him though I have repeatedly smashed him at Goon of Fortune
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Jul 3, 2014 13:39
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Fruity Gordo posted:I have repeatedly smashed him at Goon of Fortune sheesh, and I thought Beerio Kart was rough
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Jul 3, 2014 13:40
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Can all of you in NSW support me in writing to Energy Australia asking them to make a commitment to the obvious lie of how much the carbon tax is contributing to the power bill? They make a big deal in red writing about how IPART (NB the supposed independent pricing tribunal) estimates the increased cost of carbon tax to you, the consumer, on top of your regular bill. There is a % and $ quoted which is obvious horseshit and I've asked them to make a firm commitment on the actual reduction in cost when (not if) the carbon tax is wound back but so far no response. I also pointed out that the bill is sent in full color which might be contributing to the cost but hey... Is this some form of false or misleading advertising on either energy Australia or NSW governments front? This propaganda pisses me off. There's no alternative except switching off the power but like that's gonna happen.
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Fruity Gordo posted:I have repeatedly smashed him at Goon of Fortune Jonah Galtberg posted:sheesh, and I thought Beerio Kart was rough I love you Auspol.
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Jul 3, 2014 14:08
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fliptophead posted:Can all of you in NSW support me in writing to Energy Australia asking them to make a commitment to the obvious lie of how much the carbon tax is contributing to the power bill? They make a big deal in red writing about how IPART (NB the supposed independent pricing tribunal) estimates the increased cost of carbon tax to you, the consumer, on top of your regular bill. There is a % and $ quoted which is obvious horseshit and I've asked them to make a firm commitment on the actual reduction in cost when (not if) the carbon tax is wound back but so far no response. I also pointed out that the bill is sent in full color which might be contributing to the cost but hey... Is this some form of false or misleading advertising on either energy Australia or NSW governments front? I got a letter recently congratulating themselves that the carbon tax is being repealed and that the prices are coming down. They have a big grid of numbers to confuse 90% of the population; it's something in the vicinity of half a cent a kWh. Or around $25/year for a two person home in my area. But hey, its too hard to print that on the bill, so they'll just give you a price chart and hope you'll think your getting a bargain.
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Jul 3, 2014 14:25
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Tokamak posted:I got a letter recently congratulating themselves that the carbon tax is being repealed and that the prices are coming down. They have a big grid of numbers to confuse 90% of the population; it's something in the vicinity of half a cent a kWh. Or around $25/year for a two person home in my area. But hey, its too hard to print that on the bill, so they'll just give you a price chart and hope you'll think your getting a bargain. Good lord they're arseholes. It's not even that hard.... It's more the fact that the actual cost is negligible at best and they want you to feel like they did something other than jack the price up for no reason. The sooner I can afford to switch to full solar the better.
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Quantum Mechanic posted:In some uncharacteristically not-poo poo news, Alinta Energy have concluded that a Concentrating Solar Thermal plant is technologically feasible for replacing the coal-fired stations at Port Augusta, and less risky than a hybrid fuel plant. It's really pleasing that we're a little closer to this happening. When I was at Uni in the 90s we collected data from the BOM's solar monitoring instrument at the local airport weather station, to build a case for solar thermal in the area. One of the lecturers was a real activist about it, he brought in scientists to talk to the public about the potential but the town council seemed reluctant even though the technology was proven at pilot plants, conversion efficiency much higher than photo-voltaic and the solar data showed we have ideal weather here. Eventually at some point the Whyalla Solar Oasis Consortium formed and got the go-ahead to start building solar dishes here using the Big Dish design. They applied for grant money and got started on building, but then funding got pulled leaving a messy debt. The abandoned remains of the frame of a dish are still tantalisingly visible from the road as you leave town, a taunting reminder of what might have been.  I wrote a submission for the Parliametary Select Committee back in 2012 when they were looking for community input and have been following the Repower Pt Augusta Alliance's efforts, if it can't happen in my town I am glad it might still go ahead somewhere else. It's very frustrating though that people have been banging on about it for decades and progress is so slow.
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Fruity Gordo posted:He's a bloody lovely guy but he's one of the 'reform the party from the inside' people. He acknowledges that the policies are poo poo but thinks that I'm a complete turncoat from the labour movement because I'm a Green because THE ONLY WORKERS PARTY IS THE LABOR PARTY AND IF ALL THE LEFTISTS WHO JOINED THE GREENS JOINED LABOR THEN WE COULD REMAKE THE COUNTRYIN THE GLORIOUS IMAGE OF LENIN. Poor idiot. I thought you were cool then it turns out you're an apologist for dickheads like this
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Jul 3, 2014 14:36
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HOpefully it's one of those things where politics doesn't come up very often
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Jul 3, 2014 14:38
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Racist train lady is now a bona fide media sensation. http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/2014/07/03/12/18/racist-sydney-train-rant-woman-apologises-to-innocent-victim
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fliptophead posted:Good lord they're arseholes. It's not even that hard.... It's more the fact that the actual cost is negligible at best and they want you to feel like they did something other than jack the price up for no reason. The sooner I can afford to switch to full solar the better. Having a look at it again, it might be a little more than $25 (but not too much more) and nothing like the hundreds of dollars Abbott and co. were spouting. I've gone and fished it out of the recycling for you:  - Energy Australia A whopping 0.6 cents for the first 1000 kWh/quarter (Note: 2 people use an average of 1250 kWh/Quarter [including offpeak]). Then you add a couple of cents a day for availability and you get... Good luck figuring it out!
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Amethyst posted:Racist train lady is now a bona fide media sensation. This is a sad day for free speech.
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Tokamak posted:Note: 2 people use an average of 1250 kWh/Quarter [including offpeak]. I'd love to know where they pull these figures from. Q1 2013 my partner and I used 700kwh in SA, including running AC and my stupid cisco home lab Mr Chips fucked around with this message at 15:45 on Jul 3, 2014 |
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Gough Suppressant posted:I thought you were cool then it turns out you're an apologist for dickheads like this If I dumped every one of my friends and family who were sexist, racist, classist, queerphobic, ableist or otherwise hosed in the head I would be living an exceptionally lonely existence, and I think that if I were that rigid I would be a hypocrite because I can be racist, classist and ableist and hosed in the head myself.
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Amethyst posted:Racist train lady is now a bona fide media sensation. There's a gallery at the bottom of the article with 8 other race-related public transport outbursts. Australia does not have a race problem. P.S gently caress bus drivers who just ignore this poo poo while it escalates into an assault, and then continue to ignore it. Smegmatron fucked around with this message at 16:11 on Jul 3, 2014 |
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Jul 3, 2014 16:09
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Nibbles141 posted:http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/03/revealed-coalition-to-use-national-interest-test-to-deny-permanent-protection-visas?CMP=soc_567 So this is it then? The end of refugees in Australia. They've outright admitted that they don't care if someone is a genuine refugee. They don't care if they send them back to torture, rape or death. It doesn't matter because all they have to say is that allowing that genuine refugee to stay in Australia would "(p)rovide a product for people smugglers to market now or in the future" and they'll send you away to die.
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It's extra  when you consider that people actually risk their lives thinking Australia holds hope for them only to be handed back to the people they are fleeing. Can't risk people dying at sea right.
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Amethyst posted:Is this a particularly horrible media cycle? I'm finding this latest batch of horror particularly depressing, I'm finding it EXTREMELY difficult not to quit my job and withdraw to oblivion. Don't worry, eventually you learn how to deal with the depression even without medication or treatment. Well, that or one of your three suicide attempts succeeds, I'd know after all, I have experience! 
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